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Giants linebacker Jon Beason suffered a ligament tear and a small fracture to the sesamoid in his right foot during an OTA workout on Thursday.

Beason will undergo further examination and review of his injury with Foot and Ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte on Monday. It will then be decided what the next steps are in the repair and rehabilitation from the injury.

"The prognosis is X amount of time and it (the Sept. 8 opener) is within that timeframe," Beason told Giants.com Friday. "I expect to be back (for that game). If not, I'll be back as soon as I can. That's really how you have to look at it. If it's not 16 (games played), maybe it's 15 or 14. Whatever it is, you want it to be that number as opposed to one.

Beason was hurt defending a pass play during Giants' practice on Thursday.

Reports are that the injury will keep Beason out of action for 12 weeks, which puts his return around the first week of the season.

The news could have been much worse for the Giants, but it's still not cause for celebration.

Regional Sports Planner:
Kevin Steimle, who was born and raised in Toms River and now resides in Bayville, is Regional Sports Planner. Since joining the Asbury Park Press in 1994, he’s gone from compiling sports statistics part-time to becoming Assistant Sports Editor and Sports Editor of the Asbury Park Press. He’s been in his position of Assistant Regional Sports Editor for almost four years. Kevin also covers the NFL on occasion and writes a weekly picks column during the season. He also writes a Giants blog (True Blue). A husband and father of three, Kevin, is an avid sports fan and when not at work in the office, you can find him coaching or watching his son play youth football, basketball and baseball.